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5 Shi Jin - Qinghai Province Local Forage Stamp
| Issuer | Qinghai Province People's Government |
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| Year | 1976 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Reverse description | Horizontally oriented plain paper reverse printed in violet, enclosed within a decorative letterpress border with elaborate scrollwork and sunflower rosette motifs at the four corners. The interior field carries three numbered clauses of usage instructions in Chinese characters. An official circular red ink stamp bearing a five-pointed star is applied to the centre of the text, serving as an authenticating seal. |
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| Protection description | Circular red ink official seal with a five-pointed star applied to the reverse |
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Forage stamps (饲料粮票) were a distinct category within China's rationing apparatus — separate from food grain coupons and issued specifically to support livestock feed allocation. Qinghai's issuance in 1976 reflects the province's pastoral economy, where herding communities required administered feed supplements particularly during harsh winters on the Tibetan Plateau. The central government's rationing framework, established in the early 1950s, delegated certain commodity controls to provincial and prefectural authorities, and Qinghai operated with considerable administrative autonomy given its geographic remoteness.
Provincial-level forage stamps from 1976 are notably underrepresented in established references compared to food grain coupons of the same period, partly because fewer were printed and partly because rural redemption rates were high — used stamps rarely survived.